Flood Advisory issued October 11 at 5:47AM EDT until October 11 at 8:30AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
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* WHAT...Minor flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Montgomery County in southwestern Virginia... Northeastern Pulaski County in southwestern Virginia... The City of Radford in southwestern Virginia... Roanoke County in west central Virginia... The City of Roanoke in west central Virginia... The City of Salem in west central Virginia... * WHEN...Until 830 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 545 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Minor flooding is already occurring in the advisory area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen since Saturday evening. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Back Creek, Bonys Run and Big Bear Rock Branch. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Roanoke, Blacksburg, Salem, Christiansburg, Radford and Vinton. - For flooding safety information, please visit http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of flooding, including mudslides or flooded roads, to the National Weather Service by calling toll free at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also be shared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page and on X.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- VA, US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Montgomery, VA; Pulaski, VA; Roanoke, VA; City of Radford, VA; City of Roanoke, VA; City of Salem, VA
- event
- Flood Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-11T05:47:00-04:00
- states
- ["VA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T05:47:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.deb644a602c6415c0f23ae2fc014c202d40aef5c.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0715da5672b9acf901fe93af28932c04c6660a4a.001.1"]
- instruction
- Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of flooding, including mudslides or flooded roads, to the National Weather Service by calling toll free at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also be shared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page and on X.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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